In May of 1974 Rene Caisse wrote the following
words to Dr. Chester Stock: "It took years to find out the one herb that
actually worked on the growth itself [i.e.,
Sheep Sorrel]. The other herbs
I used to purify the blood and throw off any infection thrown off by the
malignant growth as it regressed." [ESSIAC: Secrets of Rene Caisse's Herbal Pharmacy,
p. 23]

"The research showed Sheep Sorrel, the
most acidic ingredient at pH 4.5, to be the one herb that had a directly
destructive effect on cancerous cells. All the initial experiments were
carried out on laboratory mice: 'We found that on mice inoculated with
human carcinoma, the growth regressed until it was no longer invading living
tissue after nine days of Essiac experiments.'" [ESSIAC: Secrets of Rene Caisse's Herbal Pharmacy,
p. 23, 24]

Rene Caisse described this process in
detail in the following three paragraphs:

"Most importantly, and this was
verified in animal tests conducted at the Brusch Medical Center and other
laboratories, it was discovered that one of the most dramatic effects of taking
this remedy was its affinity for drawing all the cancer cells which had spread
back to the original site at which point the tumor would first harden, then
later it would soften, until it vanished altogether or more realistically, the
tumor would decrease in size to where it could then be surgically removed with
minimal complications.

"In certain cases and at certain stages
of the disease, the cancer would act as if it were 'coming to a head', similar
to an abscess. It would then break down and slough away. These people all
reported that when the mass breaks, it isn't like pus but like a cottage cheese
substance that comes away. Still other types will enlarge until the mass
is localized, then loosen and reduce in size until there is nothing left, having
been absorbed into and carried off by the blood stream and body waste.

"I found also that no matter where the
malignancy may be in the human body, surgery would be much more successful after
six to eight treatments of Essiac, followed by further treatments once a week
after the operation for a period of three months; then there would be no
recurrence of the tumor. In the case of breast cancers, the primary growth
will usually invade the mammary gland of the opposite breast or the auxilla
(armpit), or both. My treatment, I found, reduced the secondary growth
into the primary mass, enlarging it for a time. When it became localized,
it was encapsulated and could then be removed without danger of recurrence.
In one instance, a patient with breast cancer was instructed by her doctor to
have six Essiac treatments before undergoing surgery. After the fifth
treatment, however, the cancer disappeared, with no recurrence." [THE
ESSENCE OF ESSIAC, p. 124-5]

"It is very important to use the dosage as recommended,
which was based on more than 54 years' experience. Rene was very concerned
about this, which is why she personally administered the dose to her patients.
The herbs are very potent, and in particular Sheep Sorrel can have the effect of
enlarging the tumor too quickly, so that it may burst, or a vital organ may be
blocked because of its increase in size. Sometimes the tumors will soften,
dissolve into small pieces and be eliminated through the bowel or the urinary
tract. Cancer growths in the breast have been known to become encapsulated
within six weeks to three months, and can then be removed surgically with little
danger of metastasising in the future. Cancers of the oesophagus have also
become encapsulated and removed cleanly and safely by surgery." [ESSIAC
ESSENTIALS, p. 38]

"Depending on special circumstances, very occasionally
in her later years, she would sometimes advise an initial dose of one fluid
ounce twice daily for the first five, ten or (rarely) thirty days before
reducing to one fluid ounce a day. Rene was always very particular about
this because she was aware that sometimes, when patients first began taking the
Essiac formula, their tumours might enlarge suddenly as though they were
gathering back the cancerous cells that had metastasised. When that
happened, she either gave lighter doses or stopped treatment altogether for a
time, to prevent a vital organ from becoming blocked. It all depended on
the nature and position of the tumour. For example, primary brain tumours
rarely metastasise and we have had no reports of this type of swelling when
taking Essiac in these cases. Essiac should never be administered
intravenously. During the early days of Rene's pioneering research, she
found that only Sheep Sorrel could be injected intramuscularly as an individual
herb." [ESSIAC ESSENTIALS, p.
38]

*It should be noted that Nurse Caisse
often treated cancer patients by injecting sheep sorrel
solution at the tumor site, which would produce more
dramatic and quicker results than just drinking the tea. The injections could
understandably create a situation in some cases where a vital organ might be
blocked if the tumor rapidly increased in size. However, sheep sorrel
injections are no longer used. She also used other herbs, too, and sheep
sorrel root was a necessary part of the Essiac formula to achieve the
results she achieved at the Rene M. Caisse Cancer Clinic.

There is another much safer method than injecting sheep
sorrel solution in order to get sheep sorrel solution in the blood stream.
It is simply done by holding the sheep sorrel solution in the mouth for an
extended period of time without drinking it. Mali Klein covers this
"sublingual" under-the-tongue method in more detail in THE ESSIAC BOOK, along
with other uses for sheep sorrel solution.
However, one does not have to drink sheep sorrel tea separately--One can simply
hold the four-herb Essiac tea in the mouth longer to give it time to absorb some
of its healing qualities sublingually.

According to the authors of
ESSIAC ESSENTIALS [p. 45], the
following reactions may occur when treating cancer that demonstrate how Essiac
works. These are the intended effects, not "side" effects, of using Essiac
tea as a remedy for cancer. People without cancer do not have to be
concerned about these effects since they do not have cancer or cancerous tumors.
Chemotherapy, for example, does have some very serious "side effects" which are
printed on the black box warnings. Chemotherapy can actually cause cancer
as one of its side effects! Chemotherapy can cause death as well amongst
its many harmful side effects!

POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF USING ESSIAC TEA WITH CANCER

a) swelling--occurs when metastasised cells
gather into the primary tumour.

b) cottage cheese effect--resembling curds and clear
liquid, occurs as the cancer breaks up and discharges from either the body
orifices or from localised cysts or swellings. A jelly-like substance can
also be discharged or coughed up from the lungs.

c) more frequent passing of urine/defecation and other
inexplicable discharges--occurring as the body detoxifies. If the symptoms
are severe, with related nausea and pain, stop taking the formula for a few days
until all the symptoms have subsided. When you start drinking it again,
take half an ounce every other day, gradually resuming the original dosage.
Remember that all diseases have a life cycle and a rhythm of their own, so
follow your own judgement according to what your body is telling you about the
dosage it needs.

d) aching 'on site' and headaches, linked to the
detoxification process, have been noted as sometimes occurring when taking
Essiac after surgery. Treat as for (c) and drink more water to flush out
toxins from the body.

e) fever or chills--sometimes occurring when the Essiac
starts working directly on the cancerous cells.

It should be noted that these effects may sometimes
occur in people with cancer. People without cancer can drink Essiac tea
without concern for these possible effects. In fact, the grassroots
reports (aka "anecdotal evidence") of Essiac tea use by people without cancer
reveals it is a viable cancer preventive as well as a foundational health tonic.

This phenomenon begs the question: Why suffer
through the hell of chemo, radiation, surgery and astronomical medical bills
when one can prevent cancer in the first place with a cup of Essiac tea on a
fairly frequent basis coupled with a healthy diet and exercise?

Of course, Essiac tea cannot reverse the consequences
of eating over-processed foods, many of which contain cancer-causing substances.
Therefore, the best health insurance one can obtain is a diet focusing on whole,
organic foods while avoiding cancer-causing substances in over-processed foods,
processed meats, fast foods, etc.

The word "organic" in this sense means that the
plants are not sprayed with cancer-causing herbicides or pesticides and are not
overly processed. Raw foods are essential to a healthy diet and have been
shown to stop cancer (see Dr Max
Gerson's diet) and diabetes (see
Dr Gabriel Cousen's
diet). The "Eating Right for Your
Blood Type" research by Dr
Peter D'Adamo is a very helpful tool to find which foods are highly beneficial
and which foods are detrimental to one's blood type.

*[CAVEAT: This web page is for historical and
documentary purposes only and not for medical advice or treatment. It can
be dangerous (not to mention illegal) to inject Essiac tea or sheep sorrel
solution into another person and is no longer done. See I Was
Canada's Cancer Nurse for more info.
Drinking the tea, poultices and sublingual methods are safer and are discussed
in THE ESSIAC BOOK by
author Mali Klein, who is the only Essiac researcher in print who has had direct
experience of the immediate effects of the sheep sorrel injection. She
suggests alternative and less traumatic ways of administering the Sheep sorrel
decoction that have been demonstrated as being effective.
See a competent naturopathic doctor for dietary recommendations in cases of
serious illness.]

"We all have the right to benefit
from Essiac because no one can stop us making it, no one can stop us taking it
and no one can stop us deciding how and when we're going to do it." [THE ESSIAC BOOK
by Mali Klein, 2006]

"Chemotherapy should be a criminal offense."
-- Rene M. Caisse

"I have never claimed that my treatment cures cancer
-- although many of my patients, and the doctors with whom I have worked,
claim that it does. My goal has been control of cancer,
and alleviation of pain." -- Rene Caisse, I Was Canada's Cancer Nurse

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across America by vitamins, minerals, amino acids or herbal supplements is
exactly zero!

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